/* This script and many more are available free online at
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Created by: Patrick Clinger :: http://www.freewebs.com/google_game/ */
function lastVisit() {
var lastvisit=new Object()
lastvisit.firstvisitmsg="This is your first visit to this page. Welcome!" //Change first visit message here
lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg="Welcome back visitor! Your last visit was on [displaydate]" // Change subsequent visit message here
lastvisit.getCookie=function(Name) { // get cookie value
var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i"); // construct RE to search for target name/value pair
if (document.cookie.match(re)) // if cookie found
return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] // return its value
return ""
}
lastvisit.setCookie=function(name, value, days) { // set cookie value
var expireDate = new Date()
//set "expstring" to either future or past date, to set or delete cookie, respectively
var expstring=expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate()+parseInt(days))
document.cookie = name+"="+value+"; expires="+expireDate.toGMTString()+"; path=/";
}
lastvisit.showmessage=function() {
if (lastvisit.getCookie("visitcounter")=="") { // if first visit
lastvisit.setCookie("visitcounter", 2, 730) // set "visitcounter" to 2 and for 730 days (2 years)
document.write(lastvisit.firstvisitmsg)
} else
document.write(lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg.replace("\[displaydate\]", new Date().toLocaleString()))
}
lastvisit.showmessage()
}